AI Search Optimization Tools:A Strategist’s Honest Comparison (2026)
I built an AI agent from 25 years of sprint coaching and SEO work—same strategic thinking I use with clients, now available on-demand. This comparison cuts through the noise in 'AI search optimization tools,' a category that's already three different things pretending to be one. Most vendors are selling classical SEO with an LLM bolted on. I wanted strategists to see which tools actually measure citation in generative engines versus which ones are just rebranded Google ranking software, and what to do about it on Monday.
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